diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/_helpers.tpl
index d57b0c45e..66c7f55da 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ sourceRef:
       {{- $hasGPUFlavor = true -}}
     {{- end -}}
   {{- end -}}
-  {{- $hasGPUFlavor -}}
+  {{- $hasGPUFlavor | ternary true "" -}}
 {{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
index bb649082f..5d34611d5 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/values.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ global:
       url: https://helm.ngc.nvidia.com/nvidia
       charts:
         gpu-operator: 23.x.x
-      condition: '{{ eq (include "t8s-cluster.hasGPUNodes" (dict "context" $)) "true" }}'
+      condition: '{{ include "t8s-cluster.hasGPUNodes" (dict "context" $) }}'
     cloud-provider-openstack:
       url: https://kubernetes.github.io/cloud-provider-openstack
     cetic: